2019: PDP mocks Buhari over South-South rally

3 months ago

The PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, PPCO, has
described the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential campaign flag-off in
Uyo, the Akwa-Ibom state capital on Friday, as a mockery of President Muhammadu
Buhari, saying the cold response by the crowd showed how much Nigerians now
begrudge him over his failures in governance.

The PDP Campaign organization said it was a pitiable
sight as “an embarrassed President Buhari could only slur, failed to articulate
any clear reason for seeking re-election and had to cut short his presentation
when he realized that the rented crowd, which refused to carry APC brooms, was
not paying attention to him.”

PPCO in a statement by its Director, Media and
Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan noted: “More embarrassing was that, apparently
miffed by Mr. President’s attempt at yet another false performance claims, the
crowd started leaving the venue of the rally at the time he was being handed
his party’s flag by his national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, a development that
led to a hurried closure of the event.

“Nigerians were alarmed when Mr. President claimed
that the nation was secure under his rule, when there are killings and daily
bloodletting in various parts of our country; when insurgents who had been
pushed to the fringes of the North East by the PDP administration, leading to
the conduct of elections in all the local governments in the country, have
under the Buhari administration spread to other states of the north.

“While Mr.
President was making his claims, insurgents had taken Baga; there are killings
going on in Zamfara and our soldiers and policemen are being killed by
terrorists, due to the neglect of his administration.

“Our citizens
were further startled when President Buhari claimed that he has achieved food
security when in actual fact there is hunger and starvation everywhere. This
statement not only confirms the Buhari Presidency’s proclivity for false claim
but also shows that Mr. President is completely insensitive to the plight of
Nigerians.

“President
Buhari further embarrassed his office on his claims of commitment towards the
war against corruption when he was surrounded at the podium, by individuals who
are facing corruption allegations, including the Director General of his
Campaign, Rotimi Amaechi, Adams Oshiomhole, his South South Zonal Director,
Godswill Akpabio and a host of others.

“Furthermore, Nigerians are invited to note that our
First Lady, Aisha Buhari, who was on the side of President Buhari throughout
his 2015 campaign conspicuously shunned Mr. President’s 2019 re-election flag
off apparently in fulfilment of her stance not to support him for a second term
if he failed in his first tenure.”